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Pembroke, now Wānaka (unknown date) #1985.15.1
St Columba's Church, taken by Gregor Ronald (1988) #2025.1584.1
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, looking toward Mt Barker, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Postcard of Lake Wānaka, Muir and Moodie (unknown date) #1001.20
Roys Bay Lake Wanaka (unknown date) #1990.224.2
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Pembroke, Lake Wānaka from Mt Iron (c. 1918-19) #2012.791.2
Roys Bay Lake Wanaka (7 Nov 1908) #1990.224.1
Hand-coloured photo of 'Lake Wanaka from behind hotel' (unknown date) #1001.21
View of Pembroke (now Wānaka) from Lakeside Road, PS 'Makarora' at wharf (pre-1909) #1987.122
View of Pembroke (now Wānaka) from Lismore Street (unknown date) #2019.1087.1
Wānaka from Monument Hill (2000) #1001.18
Eely Point Road looking toward Lake Wānaka and township. PS 'Theodore' beached on the shore (c. 1910) #2021.1175
Lake Wānaka (1913) #1001.17
Aerial photo of Wānaka township and Roy's Bay (1946) #2015.937
Wanaka Hotel and Lake Wānaka from Monument Hill (1918-19) #2012.791
Photo by White's Aviation of township and Lake Wānaka, hand-coloured (c. 1940s) #1001.16
V.C. Browne & Son photo, aerial view of Wanaka, hand-coloured (c. 1940) #1001.16
Photo by White's Aviation of township and Lake Wānaka, showing the hotel and Ardmore St (c. 1940s) #1001.16
Arial view of Lake Wānaka and township (1940s) #1001.37
Postcard of Upper Ardmore St, Seaward's Studio (unknown date) #1002.5
Panoramic view of Pembroke and Lake Wanaka (unknown date) #2018.1074
Lake Wānaka, Bremner Bay, Mt Iron, looking toward Mt Barker, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937
Wānaka from above Lismore St (unknown date) #1001.32
Second Wānaka Hotel from Lismore St (1925-1958) #2020.1155
Lake Wānaka and township (2019) #2021.1197
#1990.224.2
Roys Bay, Lake Wānaka and Hotel with washing hanging out (unknown date) #1001.31
Dunmore Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
Helwick Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
Ardmore Street during Covid-19 lockdown (April 2020) #2021.1205
Wanaka Flood (1999) #2023.1343
Lake Wānaka and township, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937.2
#1190.224.1
View of Pembroke (now Wānaka) from Lakeside Road, PS 'Makarora' at wharf (pre-1909) #1987.122
Pembroke looking toward Cardona Valley (unknown date) #2016.991.1
Lake Wānaka and township (unknown date) #2018.1074
Wānaka, 3 Parks from Mt Iron (2020) #2021.1197
Pembroke Flats. Boats are possibly 'Eureka' and the 'Nun' (1877) #1001.2
Ironsides Butcher shop, Helwick Street (unknown date) #2018.1074
Wānaka township, taken by Flt Sgt Michael Provost (1993) #2015.931.2
Wānaka township, taken by Flt Sgt Michael Provost (1993) #2015.931.2
Wānaka township, taken by Flt Sgt Michael Provost (1993) #2015.931.2
'View of Lake Wanaka from Russell's Hotel'. Hand coloured photo (unknown date) #1001.24
Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1001.23
View South from Lismore St of Pembroke, the second Wanaka Hotel in background (1925-58) #2012.791.2
Lower Ardmore St looking out to Lake Wānaka (1930s) #2014.911
Pembroke from Boat ramp (unknown date) #1001.26
Lake Wānaka with Ruby Island (unknown date) #1001.19
Wānaka from above Lismore Street, taken by Alexander I Milne (unknown date) #1001.32
Wānaka township, second Wanaka Hotel in foreground (1925-1958) #2018.1074.1
View from Lismore Street looking towards Cardrona Valley, Wānaka Hotel toward the left and and wooden jetty in Roys Bay on the right (1886-1924) #1001.35
Lake Wānaka and township, taken by NZ Aerial Mapping (8 June 1946) #2015.937.2
Wānaka township from Monument Hill (2000) #2015.931.2
Manager’s house for the second Wanaka Hotel on the left, Hall and Wanaka Motor Garage are opposite (1924 or later) #2025.1651.2
'On the Shores of Lake Wanaka' taken by Edward Phillips (unknown date) #1001.25
Stella Anderson driving, Pembroke township in background (c. 1956) #2016.990.1
Wānaka Hotel and gardens (before 1925) #1001.33
Looking down Ardmore Street, second Wanaka Hotel on left (1925-58) #2018.1074.1
Moira Wilson on Lake Wānaka foreshore with poplar tree poles used as fence posts (c. 1930s) #2024.1548.3
Roys Bay, Lake Wānaka. On bottom left is Wānaka Hotel's washing hanging to dry (unknown date) #1001.31
Tennis courts, Monument Hill in background (unknown date) #1005.5
Lower Ardmore St looking out to Lake Wānaka (1930s) #2014.911
Lake Wānaka with jetty and paddle steamer aground (unknown date) #2016.991.1
Wānaka township towards Pembroke Park from Monument Hill (2020) #1001.18
Wānaka township, looking toward Ardmore Street from Monument Hill (2020) #1001.18
Wānaka township (1924-58) #1001.15
Wānaka (1913) #1001.13
View across Wānaka Hotel gardens to Eely Point (unknown date) #1001.11
Pembroke (Wānaka ) and Eely Point, photo taken from Monument Hill with first Wanaka Hotel and lakefront wharf visible (1868-1924) #1001.10
Early Pembroke (1924-7) #2014.890.1
Pembroke (now Wānaka), looking up Brownston St to Ardmore Street (1924-27) #2014.890.1
Wānaka looking toward Monument Hill and Cardrona Valley, Johnson Studio (unknown date) #1001.3
Two churches, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church back left, St Columba's Anglican Church on the right (unknown date) #1987.122.1
Pembroke and Lake Wānaka, SS 'Makarora' at wharf. F.G.R. photograph (1915) #1985.15.6
Lake Wānaka, Commercial Hotel and PS 'Theodore' docked (early 1900's) #1987.122
View of Lake Wānaka with second Hotel (c. 1925-35) #2018.1035.2
Department house. The house burnt down in 1927 and was one of the first houses built in Pembroke (now Wānaka) (c. 1900-1927) #2014.890.2
SS 'Makarora' at Pembroke wharf, Lake Wānaka. F.G.R. photo (unknown date) #2020.1155
Ironside Hill Memorial, Lake Wānaka (unknown date) #1005.20
Wānaka Tree, photographed by Jean Anderson (1972) #2020.1154.13
Pembroke from Lake Wānaka (c. 1918-19) #2012.791.2
Wanaka Hotel Manager's house on left, the hotel itself next to it. Across the road is the hall and Wanaka Motor Garage. Taken by Johnson, Cromwell photographer (1924 or later) #2023.1394
The mail coach to Comwell in the hotel backyard. Driver is Bob Walker, Mr Marsh is local policeman with dog at his feet, and Teddy Grogan, the local baker is in the white apron (c. 1907) #1003.4
Wanaka Hotel celebrating Duke of York visit (1927)
Cyclists preparing to ride to Cromwell from Wānaka, outside Sachtler's Hotel (c. 1905) #2022.1283
Wanaka Fashions being built, Furniture Nees, and National Bank, provided by the Milne Family (unknown date) #2016.990.9
Jolly's Store (1923) #1985.14.1
Wanaka Hall (left) and the Dunedin Wanaka Motor Service Ltd building (taken between April 1924 - April 1926) #2024.1511. Provided by Hocken Library
Wanaka Hall in Ardmore Street (unknown date) #2019.1087
White Star Road Service, Wanaka Hall (unknown date) #1987.122.11
White Star Road Service Dunedin to Wanaka, on the left is the Hall (unknown date) #1987.122.9
Looking down Ardmore Street (unknown date) B11
New Post Office is on right, to the left is the Old Post Office and Postmaster's Residence. (unknown date) #2013.858.17
New Wanaka Library being built (1967) #2024.1566.2
Wanaka Police Station (unknown date) #2023.1331
Looking Down Ardmore Street, Wānaka (c. 1940) #2014.911.3
Ardmore St. aerial photo (1959-1963) #2024.1566
Looking Up Ardmore Street, Wanaka (c. 1940) #2014.911.4
View down Ardmore Street with Post Office, Library and Hotel (c. 1900) #1002.2
Roy's Bay, Lake Wānaka. PS 'Theodore' at wharf, SS 'Makarora' at the second wharf (1907-8) #1990.224